Chessel (French pronunciation: [ʃəsɛl] ⓘ) is a municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, located in the district of Aigle.

[3] Chessel has an area, as of 2009[update], of 3.57 square kilometers (1.38 sq mi).

while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%.

[4] The municipality is located in the Aigle district, on the right bank of the Rhone river.

The blazon of the municipal coat of arms was originally D'or à la fasce ondée d'azur, symbolizing the Rhône which runs through Chessel.

In 1926, the communal authorities placed a crescent in the higher part of the flag: this represented the old "Café de la Turquie" (Café of Turkey) and was removed in 1958.

The Council of State of the Canton of Vaud has accepted a request in 2004 to place the crescent back on the flag.

[8] Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks French (285 or 90.8%), with English being second most common (7 or 2.2%) and Portuguese being third (5 or 1.6%).

[7] The age distribution, as of 2009[update], in Chessel is; 45 children or 13.1% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 52 teenagers or 15.1% are between 10 and 19.

[8] The historical population is given in the following chart:[3][12] In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 29.63% of the vote.

In the federal election, a total of 132 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 55.9%.

[8] There were 144 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 39.6% of the workforce.

In 2008[update] the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 66.

In the tertiary sector; 2 or 10.0% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 7 or 35.0% were in a hotel or restaurant, 1 was in the information industry, 3 or 15.0% were technical professionals or scientists, 1 was in education.

[8] From the 2000 census[update], 73 or 23.2% were Roman Catholic, while 195 or 62.1% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church.